that was taken, as it should have been, to mean higher taxes. didn't mean just higher taxes. it meant higher taxes and less spending and i was specific about that. my ear is attuned for hearing more cuts in spending. i am not hearing it. i would be disappointed if this is all there was. as far as a deal was concerned, i think that that was a stopgap, and i think it was presented like that -- as that. as part of a series of more negotiations that were to follow and more changes, both possibly on the taxing side but certainly on the expenditure side. i'm dying to hear the -- to hear the expenditure and less spending side. i agree with that. but i'm not -- i'm not -- i wouldn't use the term disappointed until this whole process is over. i don't think we're in the -- i don't think we're in the seventh inning of this process. >> yeah. >> because at this point, we're -- >> at this point we're at, you know, simpson-bowles and rivlin domenici and the gang of all of these the idea was to get rid of a lot of the deductions and loopholes, so that you could broaden the base with a lower